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Radiofarda – A top official of Iran’s revolutionary Guards has said that if it was not for the “timely intervention” of the Supreme Leader, it would not have been possible “to wrap up” the November protests in 48 hours. Yadollah Javani, the political deputy of the Islamic Revolution guard Corps (IRGC) in a speech on December 2 called the widespread …

Radiofarda – The make-up of the board of directors of Razavi Economic Organization (REO), the economic arm of a religious foundation reflects the fact that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the Intelligence Ministry jointly control the economic activities of this shady organization. In an interview with Alef news website in September 2019 Behzad Nabavi, a prominent reformist politician …

Radiofarda – Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran has condemned the Islamic Republic’s actions to harass and persecute Iranian journalists working abroad and their relatives living in Iran. In a tweet on Monday December 2, the U.S. State Department cited Brian Hook as saying, “The Iranian establishment has attacked reporters working at VOA Persian service, Radio Farda, and the …

Al-Arabia – Iraq’s politicians gathered in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss a way out of two months of protests that brought down the previous government, as violence hit the two Shiite shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala. In Najaf, seat of Iraq’s Shia religious leadership, anti-government demonstrators gathered late into the night around the tomb of a cleric who founded …

Iran-HRM – According to credible reports the number of people killed during November 2019 protests in Iran has risen to at least 750. The actual number is definitely higher and Iran Human Rights Monitor continues to investigate. As time passes, more details come to light about brutal crackdown on the protests by Iranian security forces and the number of slain protesters. …